The New South Wales Bar Association has confirmed Katina Dawson is one of the victims of the Sydney hostage crisis.

Around 100 demonstrators sit in the road, saying they're ready to be arrested, as bailiffs armed with court orders clear Hong Kong's main pro-democracy protest site.

At the height of his power, Zhou Yongkang controlled police forces, spy agencies, court systems and prosecution offices across China -- and the domestic security czar wasn't shy in deploying his vast assets to crush dissent and unrest in the name of "preserving social stability."

The deadly storm that battered the Philippines for days weakened as it rumbled from one island to another, passing close to Manila.

John Sutter confesses he can't resist the convenience of using Uber even as he worries about the company's way of doing business

Japanese voters head to polling stations for parliamentary elections Sunday, described by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a referendum on his flagship economic policies.

The world seems to be going crazy for Pokémon GO.

'Ocean Spiral' proposed as giant underwater city

At Fusahiro Shimojima's workshop, in the industrial city of Saitama, fires rage in small pits and an earthen floor absorbs the din of hammering. The 44-year-old Japanese swordsmith pounds the nascent blade of his newest creation, sending molten sparks flying majestically into air.